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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech kapitán (“deputy of a king”), from Middle High German kapitān, from Medieval Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput.
Pronunciation
Noun
kapitán m anim
- captain
Declension
Declension of kapitán (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kapitán”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kapitán”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kapitán”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)